Biology, life sciences

How did life originate on Earth?

Singularity Hypotheses: A Scientific and Philosophical Assessment offers authoritative, jargon-free essays and critical commentaries on accelerating technological progress and the notion of technological singularity.

Over the last few decades many studies have focused on the oxygen depletion of coastal and oceanic waters.

With one volume each year, this series keeps scientists and advanced students informed of the latest developments and results in all areas of the plant sciences.

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This new edition of Fungal Associations focuses on mycorrhizas, lichens and fungal-bacterial symbioses.

Corynebacterium glutamicum was discovered in Japan in 1956 as a natural glutamate producer.

The book describes from a historical point of view how cosmic rays were discovered.

This concise primer (based on lectures given at summer schools on complex systems and on a masters degree course in complex systems modeling) will provide graduate students and newcomers to the field with the basic knowledge of the concepts and methods of statistical physics and its potential for application to interdisciplinary topics.

With one volume each year, this series keeps scientists and advanced students informed of the latest developments and results in all areas of the plant sciences.

This book will deal with geological as well as cultural, historical, archaeological and biological aspects in Jeju Global Geopark.

"e;Basic Concepts in Physics: From the Cosmos to Quarks"e; is the outcome of the authors' long and varied teaching experience in different countries and for different audiences, and gives an accessible and eminently readable introduction to all the main ideas of modern physics.

In this issue of Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology the authors present a unique range of examples of the regenerative response and the role of stem cells from the amphibian to human.

In this thesis, Matthias Heydt applies digital in-line holography to achieve for the first time a complete three dimensional and real time motion analysis of Ulva zoospores, both in solution and in the vicinity of different surfaces.

Systematic investigations of the structure, mechanics, and dynamics of biological surfaces help us understand more about biological processes taking place at cell and bacteria surfaces.

Sleep is a necessary, active, diverse and periodic condition, homeostatically regulated and precisely meshed with waking time into the sleep-wakefulness cycle.

This book describes these exciting new developments, and presents experimental and computational findings that altogether describe the frontier of knowledge in cellular and biomolecular mechanics, and the biological implications, in health and disease.

Converging evidence from disciplines including sociobiology, evolutionary psychology and human biology forces us to adopt a new idea of what it means to be a human.

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This is a wide-ranging and persuasive book written by an undisputed expert.

Researchers and professionals will find a hands-on guide to successful experiments and applications of modern electroanalytical techniques here.

In the present book the Paleogene fossil record of birds is detailed for the first time on a worldwide scale.

The pigment patterns on tropical shells are of great beauty and diversity.

Almost a century and a half of study produced substantial progress in our understanding of glial cells and their development.

This volume contains invited and contributed papers presented at the 12th edition of the International Summer School on Neural Networks "e;Eduardo R.

The aim of this book is to improve the understanding of forest dynamics and the sustainable management of forest ecosystems.

The synucleinopathy sporadic Parkinson's disease (sPD) is the second most frequent degenerative disorder of the human nervous system after Alzheimer's disease.

The 'Aral Sea Encyclopedia' is the first one in the new series of encyclopedias about the seas of the former Soviet Union.

The dynamics of infectious diseases represents one of the oldest and ri- est areas of mathematical biology.

"e;WHAT DOES NOT NEED TO BE BIG, WILL BE SMALL"e;, a word by an engineer at a recent conference on chips technology.

Biologically inspired walking machines are fascinating objects to study, from thepointofviewoftheirmechatronicaldesignaswellastherealisationofc- trol concepts.

In this study extending classical Markov chain theory to handle fluctuating transition matrices, the author develops a theory of Markov set-chains and provides numerous examples showing how that theory can be applied.

Organosulfur Chemistry has enjoyed a renaissance of interest over the last few years, fuelled by its impact in the areas of heterocyclic and radical chemistry, and particularly stereocontrolled processes including asymmetric synthesis.

Biometric authentication refers to identifying an individual based on his or her distinguishing physiological and/or behavioral characteristics.

The present study will help answer questions of tree type evolution, function, optimum, and tree construction types, using the approach of constructional morphology which to date has been widely neglected in palaeobotany and botany.

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"e;Mastering your PhD"e; helps guide PhD students through their graduate student days.

This book presents a series of models in the general area of cell physiology and signal transduction, with particular attention being paid to intracellular calcium dynamics, and the role played by calcium in a variety of cell types.

In 1919 the Prussian Ministry of Science, Arts and Culture opened a dossier on "e;Einstein's Theory of Relativity.

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Biological membranes have long been identified as key elements in a wide variety of cellular processes including cell defense communication, photosynthesis, signal transduction, and motility; thus they emerge as primary targets in both basic and applied research.

"e;Basic Concepts in Physics: From the Cosmos to Quarks"e; is the outcome of the authors' long and varied teaching experience in different countries and for different audiences, and gives an accessible and eminently readable introduction to all the main ideas of modern physics.

This book offers a critical medical anthropological approach on health communication during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Inteligencia natural: conversaciones sobre biodiversidad es un aporte de la Universidad de los Andes al diálogo global sobre uno de los mayores desafíos contemporáneos: la pérdida de biodiversidad y los efectos del cambio climático en nuestros territorios.

Stress and The Brain: Evidence from Molecular Mechanisms to Interventions and Therapies is a comprehensive exploration of how stress affects the brain at a molecular level and its broader implications for mental and neurological health.

The Gut Microbiome in Precision Medicine: From Research to Clinical Practice explores the significant role of the gut microbiome in health and disease, particularly within gastrointestinal conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome, and colorectal cancer.

Lipids and Membranes: Dynamics and Interorganelle Lipid Transport, Volume 728 covers lipids, a chemically diverse set of biological molecules subject to rapid metabolism and transport.